Spirituality of Wealth

January 14, 2010
I have experienced this personally …. Wealth , in any form, even money , is closely related to one’s spiritual and emotional conditions, one’s self-esteem and self-worth, and one’s intellect/mind-set.
Take the issue of savings. I noticed that I am able to save more by buying less of feel-good stuff because I now feel more content with what and who I am with God and with myself which is an effective buffer from negative external stimuli.. I’ve realized and believe more in my true self-worth as a creation and child of a generous and loving GOD and that what I truly am is only according to God’s conception of me and of me alone and not of any other person. Buying those feel–good but unnecessary stuff was really to compensate and cover up the mucky feelings I got from the external surroundings and and my internal reactions to them, which I let to enter my internal landscape, weak and unstable as it was, being based on what other people think,say and do, which is really one of the most unwise thing one can do.

I can now appreciate that my level of personal growth, passion, integrity and competence may and can reflect my level of financial wealth. I used to think that spiritual wealth such as integrity, emotional wealth such as passion, mental wealth such as competence, and physical wealth such as health are removed from financial wealth and are independent and totally removed from financial wealth. And I held that for the longest time. And I did not feel fulfilled , complete and satisfied with this earthly life. Of course, spiritual wealth is paramount, it’s up there and above all the other aspects of wealth and all other aspects of wealth flow from that. What I did was to deny and ignore physical and financial wealth and well-being , in the belief that that would make me more spiritual. Well, it looks like, by believing that , I stopped the natural flow of cascading wealth, abundance and freedom from the spiritual down to the physical/material and financial levels. I reckon that was what made me feel stagnant and blocked, despite the fact that I was consciously trying to gain inner personal growth, by reading good books and reflecting on my life and thoughts. I wasn’t completing the spectrum, which is basically the spectrum from Faith to Action. I haven’t done so little on the Action phase. I’ve had a few baby steps and still a long way to go in the Action stage.